Construction stories
It is easy for hackers to infiltrate construction data security systems through the internet or gain physical access via external contractors.
Sheila Rohra appointed as Chief Business Strategy Officer at Hitachi Vantara, responsible for creating transformative strategies and solutions for customers.
According to Turner and Townsend, data centre construction is facing inflation, delays in deliveries and competition for skilled labour from manufacturing.
The Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors' Association of Australia is the first organisation outside of North America to join the programme.
Johnson Controls partners with Nozomi Networks for cybersecurity toolset in its building occupant experience platform, and joins $100m funding round.
Jonathan Marimo has been appointed as the Head of Cyber and Information Security at the London-based intelligence firm KCS Group Europe.
Job-seekers can now gain entry-level trade skills in months as BCITO and Waihanga Ara Rau roll out five new construction micro-credentials.
A long-awaited overhaul of New Zealand’s most used building contract is intended to cut disputes and improve fairness across the sector.
Rising costs, weather disruption and labour shortages are squeezing builders, with insolvencies already mounting across Australia.
Creditors will see proceeds from more than 350 pieces of late-model earthmoving kit sold in New Zealand's biggest insolvency auction of its kind.
McLaren Construction has appointed Cyber Security Associates to provide cybersecurity services amid the heightened risk of cyberattacks.
DECTA has appointed industry veteran Scott Dawson to ramp up its strategy for UK growth and expand its regulated payment services.
While women make up 51% of the population and half of the workforce, they account for just 16% of the Quantity Surveying profession.
Rising costs and delays are pushing builders towards film-style workflows that let design, engineering and construction overlap more efficiently.
Communities face repeated outages and costly repairs unless planners shift to more resilient, wellbeing-based infrastructure decisions.
Reported incidents have fallen as Watercare expands its Back 2 Basics safety sessions across all construction sites, with new multilingual guides planned.
An Auckland build has diverted 91% of debris from landfill, showing builders can cut waste sharply with sorting and recycling.
The change puts more than 10,000 staff under new leadership as Downer prepares for its next phase in New Zealand.
More than 200 industry leaders gathered in Nelson as judges pared 56 entries to 21 finalists for steel projects spanning bridges, sculpture and transport.
A female civil engineer’s 30-year career has been crowned with the inaugural CCNZ Hynds Construction Supreme Award in Auckland.
